Faucet.



PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903.

J. KINGORY.

FAUCET- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1901.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,526, dated August 4, 1903.

Application filed June 12, 1901. erial No. 64,220. (No model.)

especially to faucets for drawing beer and the like.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple faucet which is self-closing, which is readilyoperated by the upward pressure of the rim of a glass or by the hand, as the case may be, which is sanitary in construction,

and which is readily and thoroughly cleaned by the means which I provide.

Furthermore, my invention has for its object the removal of all the working parts of the mechanism which tend to gum up or become foul from contact with the liquid.

Referring to the drawings herewith of one sheet, in which like characters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my invention, showing the faucet closed. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section upon the same plane as Fig. 1, showing the faucetvalve open. Fig. 3 is a similar detail illustrating the means for cleaning the faucet.

1 is the body of the faucet, which may be constructed in the usual manner, with clamping-nut 2 for securing the same to the face or side of the cooler or tank.

3 isa hand-nut or cap, which takes the place and has the appearance of the ordinary hand-valve of a beer-faucet; but this handnut 3 merely closes the vertical boring in the spout 6 of the faucet by being screw-threaded to the same and setting down upon packing-disks 4 to make a tight joint. This hand nut 3 is important, since by it I am enabled to put the parts together, as hereinafter described, and also to remove them and clean the faucet, which is most essential. The longitudinal boring of the faucet I have shown as lined at 5 with glass tubing; but it will be understood that any other construction, such asemploying a block-tin lining, may be employed;

The spout 6 is reduced in size at its opening, as shown at 7, which forms a seat for a rubber'washer 8 of the same outside diameter as the bore of the spout and of the same internal diameter as the reduced opening of the spout. This reduced opening is screwthreaded for the purpose hereinafter mentioned. A ball-valve 9 closes the opening of the spout and is set up to make a gas-tight joint by the gas tension behind it forcing it into contact with the washer 8. Upon the outside of the spout I provide lugs 10 and 11. To the luglO is pivoted an inverted-gooseneck lever 12, the longer curved arm of which enters the opening of the faucet-spout and presents its end to the ball-valve 9. To the lug 11 is pivoted a bell-crank lever 13, the shorter end of which engages the shorter arm of the lever 12, and the longer arm projects outwardly and downwardly a sufficient distance and at the proper angle to be actuated, as hereinafter described. The levers 12 and 13 are secured to their respective lugs by removable pins, so that either or both may be removed when desired.

Referring to Fig. 3, 1a is a tube screwt-hreaded to fit the reduced opening of the spout, and 15 is a rubber hose slipped onto the tube 14.

Having indicated the several parts, the operation is as follows: The parts are puttogether as shown in Fig. 1, in which condition the valve is closed. To operate the valve, up- Wardpressure, either the rim of a glass or otherwise, is applied to the long arm of the lever 13. This throws the long arm of the lever 12 in such direction that its end forces the valve 9 upward and to one side, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The closing is accomplished by gravity of the parts, all tending to the closed position.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a faucet in which all of the pivoted parts of the valve are outside the faucet and one in which the valve itself is readily and quickly removed, cleaned, and replaced. It will also be noted that each of the working parts of the valve tends by gravity to the closed position, which is an essential feature.

The necessity of a frequent cleaning of faucets of this kind being well understood, in Fig. 3 I have shown a simple and efficient means of doing the same. The lever 12 is first removed, (and I preferably remove the lever 13 also to give both a thorough cleaning.) A short brass tube let is screw-threaded to fit into the spout of the faucet. This in place, a rubber tube 15 is slipped onto the other end of the tube 14. Water, steam, or other cleaning agent is forced into the faucet, the pressure raising the valve 9. In this way the faucet may be thoroughly cleaned and quickly put back in operation without the use of any tool or instrument.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A faucet comprising a spout provided with a reduced opening at its mouth to form a valve-seat, a valve-ball, a lug on the outside of the spout, a U-shaped lever pivoted to said lug, one end of which lever enters the reduced opening of said spout to act on said ball, a second lug in line with and above said first-mentioned lug and on the outside of said spout, and a bell-crank lever pivoted to said second lug, the shorter arm of which lever is adapted to engage the other end of the U-shaped lever, whereby the pivots and contacting parts of said levers are wholly outside of and above the spout-opening, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A faucet comprising the body of the fancet having a reduced opening at its mouth forming a valve-seat, a removable valve-ball, a removable screw-cap to permit the removal of the valve-ball, a lug on the outside of the spout, a U-shaped lever detachably pivoted to said lug, one end of which lever passes downwardly below the opening of said spout and enters the reduced opening of said spout to act on said ball, a second log in line with and above said first-mentioned lug on the outside of said spout, and a bell-crank. lever pivoted therein, a screw-thread in said reduced opening, adapted to receive a threaded tube-section when said U-shapedlever is removed, whereby the faucet may be cleaned by flushing, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two witnesses, this 5th day of June, 1901, at the city of Buffalo, Erie county, New York.

JOSEPH KINGORY.

Witnesses:

A. W. PLUMLEY, M. E. SNYDER. 

